BY Pamodi WaravitaThe Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) yesterday (14) alleged that officers from the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) have been denied entry to the Mullaitivu quarantine centre, where a number of protestors are being held in quarantine against their will since last week. At a press conference held yesterday, FSP Education Secretary Pubudu Jayagoda claimed that HRCSL officers who had gone to investigate the centre had been denied entry, which is a violation of the HRCSL Act, No. A total of six of them, including our Propaganda Secretary Duminda Nagamuwa, were forcibly sent to a quarantine centre in Pallekele although they were granted bail by the relevant Court. A protest had been held yesterday as well, headed by Nagamuwa, at the Pallekele quarantine centre. The Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) has meanwhile filed a habeas corpus writ petition yesterday regarding those held at the Mullaitivu quarantine centre.

Source: The Nation July 14, 2021 18:56 UTC